fishing

Fishing the deep

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[*Four frame cartoon. In all frames Joe and Paul are sitting at either end of a tinny fishing on the water. Frame 1 - Paul turns to Joe and asks "Joe, if we lived in a simulation then someone would have had to design it right?"* Frame 2 - as each of them checks their fishing rods Joe replies "Yep, that's what everyone who knows about it says." Frame 3 - "How would you build it?", asks Paul. Frame 4 - they turn to look at each other and Joe says "I'd make people believe they knew how simulations were designed."]

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Squid kid

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[*Four frame cartoon. Frame 1 - Joe and Paul are out fishing in a tinny and Joe is reeling in a squid. Frame 2 - Joe turns to Paul who is looking over his shoulder and says "Hey Paul, how man tickles does it take to make a squid laugh?" Frame 3 - Paul's interest is captured and he turns to Joe and asks "How many?". Joe replies "Tentacles". Frame 4 - Joe is floating alone in the ocean in a round life preserver. He's smiling and thinks to himself "Worth it".*]

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Thoughts caught

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[*Joe and Paul are fishing from either end of their tinny. "You know what I like most about fishing?", says Joe. "Is it catch fish?", replies Paul over his shoulder. Facing each other Joe says "Umm, no, it's observing the periodicity of the waves." Paul looks a bit sceptical. They resume fishing and looking out from each end of the tinny. Without looking round Paul says "It was 'catching fish', wasn't it." Joe doesn't move and quietly says "... yes ..."*]

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